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p. 374GLETTNER v. BLAUNER. (Supreme Court, Appellate Term. November 30, 1903.) Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and BISCHOFF and BLANCHARD, JJ.
Headnote
1. Money Received—Evidence—Verdict.In an action to recover money alleged to have been collected by defendant for plaintiff, evidence reviewed, and held to sustain a verdict for plaintiff.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fourth District.
Action by Carrie Glettner against Jacob Blauner. From a judgment in favo- of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Stuer & Hoffman, for appellant.
■Charles Frankel, for respondent.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendant has collected money belonging to her, and refuses to pay it over. She testifies that she loaned the money to a third party at the request of the defendant, and upon his promise to b.e responsible for its repay
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ment; that he thereafter collected $i io of the debt, and has paid her $20 of this sum, and now owes her the balance, $90; that after he collected the money the defendant promised several times to pay it over, but that the balance of $90 is still unpaid. This testimony is corroborated by several witnesses. The defendant testified that he had not collected any of the money, and that he never promised to pay it, or to be responsible for its payment. The evidence presents only a question of fact, and this the trial court has properly disposed of.
The judgment appealed from should be affirmed, with costs. AM concur.